Bereavement is a journey through awareness. It is the most stressful and lasting experience which prepares a person to embrace life wholeheartedly. Such an ordeal makes one aware of the uniqueness of the other in a painful way as an irreplaceable part of his/her life in human society. When a cherished person departs from the world the loved ones who are left behind agonizingly realize the fact that the price of real love is life itself. The experience of bereavement is part of life and there are only two alternatives in confronting it, either through the value-oriented relationships or by the negation of values. The consequences of the former enhance further growth in virtues and the latter creates uncompromisingly further choices and a sheer accumulation of unheeded issues. This research endeavours to analyse the structure of awareness and its influence on a human person during bereavement. Initially, an attempt is made to unravel the constitution and the functioning of awareness in its multifaceted levels. Furthermore, the common elements and theories in the field of bereavement, grief and mourning are examined in order to identify their fundamental relationships with awareness and values. Joy Plathottathil Abraham was born in Santhigram (Kerala, India). After completing his secondary school education he joined the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) and received his religious formation from India and abroad. During his bachelor studies at the University of Bhopal he developed profound interest in Indian religions and psychology. He studied further at Jnanadeepa Vidhyapeeth (Pune) and secured a Diplom in theology from Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule SVD St. Augustin (Germany). He was ordained priest in 2002 and worked as a chaplain in Augsburg (Germany), Bischofshofen (Austria) and Nanzan Catholic Church (Nagoya, Japan). In 2009 he acquired a Master’s Degree in education psychology from the Nanzan University Nagoya. His area of research includes theology, spirituality, philosophy, Eastern Mysticism, awareness and bereavement research, developmental and education psychology. In 2018, he attained his doctorate in Practical Theology from Vienna University (Austria) while working for the migrant Christians from India and Japan at the Arch-Diocese of Vienna. Presently he resides at the Divine Word Seminary Nagoya. Since 2020, he is a guest lecturer of Nanzan University Nagoya.weiterlesen